Tablet Excipients Quiz
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What is a key ideal property of fillers in tablet formulation?

  • Highly reactive with the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API)
  • Expensive and commercially unviable
  • Chemically inert and compatible with drug and other excipients (correct)
  • Hygroscopic and moisture-absorbent

    • Why is it important for fillers to be non-hygroscopic in tablet formulation?

  • To enhance their solubility in water for rapid dissolution of the tablet
  • To prevent them from taking up moisture and causing instability in the tablet (correct)
  • To ensure they have good flow properties and are easy to compress
  • To improve their taste and make the tablet more palatable

    • Which of the following is the most common filler in tablet formulations?

  • Sorbitol
  • Cellulose
  • Mannitol
  • Lactose (correct)

    • What is the role of fillers in tablet formulation?

    <p>To provide sufficient bulk volume for compression and help the API get formed into a tablet</p> Signup and view all the answers

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